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by
Hammad Mushtaq
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MS Computing (National University of Singapore) working as Assistant
Professor at Government College University Lahore.
Introduction
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PRISM - Pakistan Real-time Inter-bank Settlement Mechanism
PEPS a Payment Solution for E-Payments in Pakistan
by
Hammad Mushtaq
only reduce the transaction security threats but will also increase the
trust of people about the secure electronic transactions.
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Figure 1.0- PEPS based on Debit Transaction
PEPS Pros
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Source: Markus Schneider [Electronic Payment System]
PEPS Security:
PEPS a Payment Solution for E-Payments in Pakistan
by
Hammad Mushtaq
Traditional internet security mechanisms can be used as a
normal E-Banking website however banks needs to develop secured
tunnels between the concerned bank (if merchant bank is different
from the payer bank). AES, SSL enabled website will ensure the digital
transfer of information to the original participants of the transaction
only.
For securing electronic transaction between merchant portals and E-
Bank websites appropriate encryption standards should be followed.
The special PKI using public and private key cryptosystems will be
useful to make this encryption more complex three volume
specification can be used to further safe guard transactions from major
risks like black hat attacks etc. In this regard newer mechanisms can
also be considered by devising customized encryption techniques
considering the troika of customers, merchant and payment authorities
or simply banks involved in the transaction.
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